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Beware of padala
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Filipino overseas travelers, beware of packages or parcels compatriots ask you to bring for them on your trip to the Philippines—these innocent-looking padalas could get you a ticket to jail.
This was the gist of the latest travel advisory issued by the Philippine Embassy here in light of global criminal syndicates’ new modus [...]
Filipino overseas workers and their families have been warned against falling into the trap of con artists who are alleged members of the “Budol-budol gang.”
ABS-CBN’s “Balitang Middle East” reported that a woman from Aparri in Cagayan province was the gang’s most recent victim. The woman is the wife of an architect based in Dubai.
The report [...]
Smart, RP embassy warn Pinoys in Belgium on text scams
By RAQUEL BERNAL-CRISOSTOMO
ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
Just when texting is so prevalent and cellphones are more common than landline phones, it is not surprising that mobile phone users would be vulnerable to text-delivered scam.
Now that scammers have narrowed their targets to OFWs [overseas Filipino workers] with [...]
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